Events

Events

Join AnewAmerica for Small Business Week during the first week of May!

In honor of Small Business Week, AnewAmerica is offering free workshops around the Bay Area from May 2nd to May 7th on business fundamentals. Small Business Week is about networking with, celebrating and educating local businesses. Check out the flyer and call today to register.

Call to register:

Oakland / Concord / Richmond: (510) 532-5240

San Jose: (408) 326-2669

Every year since 1963, the President of the United States has issued a proclamation announcing National Small Business Week, which recognizes the critical contributions of America's entrepreneurs and small business owners. This year, Small Business Week is the first week of May. AnewAmerica is celebrating by hosting a series of free workshops throughout the Bay Area. This is an opportunity for small business owners to build up their knowledge in financial management, marketing, and access to capital. Call and register for any of the free workshops today!

San Jose Open House Kicks Off the Holiday Season

Your support meant the world to us. Our clients, staff and volunteers are glad to be surrounded by great neighbors and friends. We hope to see plenty more of that community spirit in 2015! Best wishes to everyone, and happy holidays!

- Priscilla Jang, San Jose Program ManagerAnewAmerica Community Corporation

AnewAmerica held its first San Jose Business Exposition and Open House on December 3rd, 2014 at its offices. Many people contributed to make the evening both fun and meaningful.

Among our many guests, we were glad to see SBA District Director Mark Quinn, Economic Development Specialist Hannah Kelley-Bell, and Assistant District Director-Economic Development Kathleen Butler-Tom attend to represent the Small Business Administration. We were pleased to see Chief Operating Officer Todd Hansen, The Health Trust, as well as Chief Economist John Lang and work2future Business Services Manager B.J. Sims, City of San Jose.

A hearty thank you goes to all who attended representing Sacred Heart Community Service, Heritage Bank of Commerce, Cathay Bank, Wells Fargo, the Greater San Jose Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, the San Jose State University Research Foundation, and Network Remedy.

A big thank you to all our guests! We are grateful to the 10 volunteers who generously gave their time. Their contributions in giving tours to guests, taking pictures and video, and helping with setup and breakdown were essential to the success of the evening.

We were thrilled that our client vendors came out in the rain to participate! It was a pleasure to see and sample their products. Many thanks go to:

2014 Microbusiness Exposition A Resounding Success!

Thanks to everyone who supported AnewAmerica's 14th Annual Microbusiness Exposition! Our Expo was held on August 14th, 2014 at the beautiful Kaiser Center Rooftop Garden in Downtown Oakland.

We take pride in having the support of outstanding community leaders such as City of Oakland Councilmember Noel Gallo, Small Business Administration District Director Mark Quinn, and Ignacio de la Fuente. We had a fantastic emcee in Fabiola Kramsky-Gascón of Univision, KDTV Channel 14 anchor for the morning show.

Special thanks go to the nearly 70 businesses that generously provided such a great array of gifts for our drawings, live and silent auctions. Our musicians' talent played an invaluable role in making the evening enjoyable.

We thank 36 Volunteers who greeted our guests, hosted tables and helped sell tickets for our drawings! We could not accomplish the work of this agency without their generosity. For this reason, each year we acknowledge their contributions with our Annual Volunteer of the Year Awards. This year's awards went to Fabianne Rico, college student at San José State University, for his work in our San José office and to Rosario Sanchez, MetWest High School student, for her contribution to our Oakland office.

December 2014 Open House Celebration In San Jose

AnewAmerica Community Corporation will celebrate its new San Jose offices by holding an open house on Wednesday, December 3rd, 2014 from 6:00-8:00 p.m. at 210 N. 4th Street, Suite 205, San Jose, CA. The new offices will serve as a space in which AnewAmerica will continue to provide low-income entrepreneurs in the South Bay with microenterprise development and financial literacy assistance to help them grow their businesses. The event's purpose will be for AnewAmerica to share its work with the local community, finding common ground from which to build strong partnerships.

At AnewAmerica's Open House, its current South Bay clients will meet with community leaders and partner organizations. Carmenza Rengifo of Arepas La Calenita and Mireya Baez of Milohas Pastries, both immigrant entrepreneurs enrolled in AnewAmerica's program, will cater the event. Clients will showcase their businesses in an exposition of goods and services. Other clients participating include Betty Bedregal of Betty's Butterflies Daycare and Anayantzi Alvarado of Green Refund Tax Services.

The event will feature a short program. Guests will have the opportunity to tour AnewAmerica's new San Jose offices, meet clients, and view its Comcast-sponsored computer lab. AnewAmerica will use this space to provide workshops, seminars and programs to its clients, building on its seven years of providing trainings and technical assistance to low-income entrepreneurs in the San Jose area.